With the needless introduction of millimeter wave body scanners at airports many people have raised some concerns over the privacy issues. Most people would rather not be viewed naked by another person, regardless of whatever safety controls and procedures are instituted to mask identities or prevent the images from being saved.

I was thinking about this the other day and came up with a potential method to retain your privacy at a scan - conductive clothing. While conductive fabrics aren't quite ready for the task yet, in theory you could make a shirt out of conductive fabric. When scanned the shirt would show as opaque and hide your body underneath it.

Naturally this will likely lead to a more personal and invasive search, but that's why I titled the post "How To Prolong Your Privacy" and not "How To Maintain Your Privacy". If anyone would like to try this out, there are a number of suppliers of conductive fabrics online. Let me know how your next trip to the airport goes.